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     CF# bassD……………………Eb…………………F……………………
            Gbmaj9Once in a life there Bb13comes a man like Bb9+5youBb7+5-9  
         Ebm11And you bear a son so much like your Gb13selfGb9+5  C6/9  
           Bmaj9And it's hard to believe that he's Bbm9grown into a Eb7+9manEb7+5-9  
But   Ab13pop          Ab9+5I under B/C#standBb  Db  G13-9  Bb13-9  
            Bmaj9Once every night       Bb13I thank my lucky Bb7+5stars
          F#/E        Ebm11You've given me some guiding Gb13lightBb+5/C  Bbmaj7+5/C  
          Bmaj9But there comes a time when a Bbm9father and a Eb7+9sonEb7+5-9  
     Can no Ab13longer          B/C#be  E/F#oneGbmaj9  G/F  
           Em9It took me so long  A9to re  Db/Dcov  er-er Dmaj9er 
From the Bb9pain of having de Am9nied the D7+9love I once re Gm9lied u Ebmaj7-5pon
          E11It takes more than A11time to dis Db/Dcoverer-er –Dmaj9er
  That for Bb9both the young and Am9old
The D7+9truth is Ab9sometimes Gm9cold but Ebmaj7-5right
          Bmaj9This is my lifeDmaj7-5  Dbmaj7-5  Cmaj7-5  Bmaj7-5  
    And I've Bb7got to hold my Bb9-5ownBb9  
             F#/E         Ebm11Even if it means     
  hurting us Gb13bothA13  Bb13  B13  C13  C7  Bmaj9  
    And the wrongs become right when we Bbm9stop
    and wonder Eb7+9howEb7+5-9  
      Ab13Look at us         B/C#we're better friends now
        ^      ^      ^      ^     ^      ^       ^      ^       
      |          E/F#           Em|  Db7+9   Db7-5+9  B6/9  

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Father And Son

by Gino Vannelli

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Gbmaj9

Bb13

Bb9+5

Bb7+5-9

Ebm11

Gb13

Gb9+5

C6/9

Bmaj9

Bbm9

Eb7+9

Eb7+5-9

Ab13

Ab9+5

B/C#

G13-9

Bb13-9

Bb7+5

C D Eb F

F# bass……………………………………………………………

Gbmaj9 Bb13 Bb9+5 Bb7+5-9

Once in a life there comes a man like you

Ebm11 Gb13 Gb9+5 C6/9

And you bear a son so much like your self

Bmaj9 Bbm9 Eb7+9 Eb7+5-9

And it's hard to believe that he's grown into a man

Ab13 Ab9+5 B/C# Bb Db G13-9 Bb13-9

But pop I under stand

Bmaj9 Bb13 Bb7+5

Once every night I thank my lucky stars

F#/E Ebm11 Gb13 Bb+5/C Bbmaj7+5/C

You've given me some guiding light

Bmaj9 Bbm9 Eb7+9 Eb7+5-9

But there comes a time when a father and a son

Ab13 B/C# E/F# Gbmaj9 G/F

Can no longer be one

Em9 A9 Db/D Dmaj9

It took me so long to re cov er-er er

Bb9 Am9 D7+9 Gm9 Ebmaj7-5

From the pain of having de nied the love I once re lied u pon

E11 A11 Db/D Dmaj9

It takes more than time to dis coverer-er –er

Bb9 Am9

That for both the young and old

D7+9 Ab9 Gm9 Ebmaj7-5

The truth is sometimes cold but right

Bmaj9 Dmaj7-5 Dbmaj7-5 Cmaj7-5 Bmaj7-5

This is my life

Bb7 Bb9-5 Bb9

And I've got to hold my own

F#/E Ebm11

Even if it means

Gb13 A13 Bb13 B13 C13 C7 Bmaj9

hurting us both

Bbm9

And the wrongs become right when we stop

Eb7+9 Eb7+5-9

and wonder how

Ab13 B/C#

Look at us we're better friends now

^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^

E/F# Em Db7+9 Db7-5+9 B6/9

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